News & Resources
Opioid Addiction in Farm Country a Sad Legacy
Source: Lancaster Farming Magazine
Read the article "Opioid Addiction in Farm Country a Sad Legacy" in Lancaster Farming Magazine about the growing trend of opioid abuse in farming communities and why there is a reluctance to seek help. It features the insights of Dr. Adam Scioli on the opioid epidemic as well as enlightening perspective from Reverend Jack Abel on addiction as a disease, not a moral failing.
Over the past, I'd say, 20 years, the increase in total number of deaths involving opioids, particularly fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, has increased dramatically."
Dr. Adam Scioli, medical director and head of psychiatry at Caron Pennsylvania
Source: Lancaster Farming
Lancaster Farming
3 in 4
farmworkers
report being directly impacted by the opioid epidemic
Related Content
News & Resources
Press Releases
News & Resources
Nov 25, 2021
Overdoses rise during the holidays, and this year could be…
By The Philadelphia Inquirer
News & Resources
News & Resources
Take the next step:
Start a conversation
Start with an online form
-
Caron in Pennsylvania
1-800-854-6023 -
Caron in Florida
1-800-221-6500 -
Breakthrough at Caron
1-800-213-7834